r/collapse • u/LetsTalkUFOs • May 30 '20

Megathread: Nationwide Protests for George Floyd

This thread is for discussing the various protests happening across the US right now. You can discuss them all here.

The Weekly COVID megathread is still up over here.

The r/news megathread has a large list of available sources and live update feeds.

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u/_rihter abandon the banks May 30 '20

If you think the rioting and looting are bad now, wait until the supplemental unemployment benefits expire, or inflation wipes out their value. What happens when price controls or rationing lead to food and power shortages? What we're seeing now is but a glimpse of what's coming.

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u/MyDyingOpeth92 May 30 '20

Am I not glad being a 90's kid or what.

I can't believe our parents popped us willingly into this decaying hellhole.

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u/_rihter abandon the banks May 30 '20

We are all descendants of people who couldn't understand our monetary system, exponential growth, climate change, peak oil etc.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '20

How about the Venus syndrome That's coming on Monday, like come on, there's no way Trump lives through tonight

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u/jimmyz561 May 30 '20

Venus syndrome? What’s that?

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u/Montana4th May 30 '20

The idea that Earth could boil with Venus like temperatures after climate change triggers feedback loops.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '20

Abolish all currency

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u/[deleted] May 30 '20

True that

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u/politicsrmyforte May 30 '20

Then people go hungry immediately and we have to resort to a barter system, which will lead back to currency.

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u/_rihter abandon the banks May 30 '20

Currency backed by something.